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NHTSA Campaign 91E012000

TRAILER HITCHES

Issued by CARROL SMITH CONSULTING · Reported Apr 12, 1991 · 37 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Consequence

HITCH TOW BAR COULD SEPARATE FROM THE VERTICAL MOUNTINGPLATE, RESULTING IN TOW BAR ATTACHMENT FAILURE AND SEPARATION OF TRAILER FROMTOW VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING.

Remedy

A COMPONENT WILL BE SUPPLIED TO CUSTOMER TO BE ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE TOWING LOOP, TO ELIMINATE CYCLIC STRESS IN THE VERTICAL LOAD PLATE. UNITS FOUND WITH EXISTING FATIGUE FRACTURES WILL BE REPLACED WITH MODIFIED HITCHES.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
ACURA INTEGRA 1990 37
ACURA INTEGRA 1991 37
CARROL SMITH TRAILER HITCH 37

Source: NHTSA Campaign 91E012000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.